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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JF2SJAEC0HH••••••2017 Subaru FORESTER
That is about average for the 2017 Subaru FORESTER — 4 complaints per build across 129 builds.
6on this build
574on the model
129builds in total
Most reportedAir Bags 2Visibility/wiper 2Electrical System 1Seats 1
What owners of this build wrote
Visibility/wiperMar 2023
The front windshield spontaneously cracked, beginning from the bottom of the windshield at the de-icer on the passenger side and propagated up and across the windshield toward the driver's side. No evidence of a strike or outside damage which caused the crack is evident. The…
Unknown Or OtherMay 2020
I was driving straight at a speed of 35 mph in town. I was approaching a red light, as I went to break the car did not slow down but seemed to speed up. It took a lot of force on the break to stop completely
Air BagsJun 2019
Passenger side airbags are intermittently being disabled when a passenger sits in the seat in a proper seating position. Instrument cluster displays warning message when this happens and airbag off display light comes on. Red SRS airbag warning light in the driver's console also…
Electrical SystemMay 2019
Usually while driving, the passenger airbag sensor will turn off and put an error code out that says not on even with an adult in the seat. Resetting the code can get it to go off but it returns. Has turned off on its own before and come back. Turning car off and on does not…
Unknown Or OtherJul 2017
Pebble thrown to window and started as a lil chip and within trip home entire crack through windshield from top to bottom of glass. I was driving entire time of crack spreading!
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JF2SJAEC0HH512189 · decoded Nov 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.